Nebraska Statutes 44-7,120. Lung cancer screening; deductible, coinsurance, cost-sharing requirements; prohibited, when
Notwithstanding section 44-3,131, beginning January 1, 2025, no policy, certificate, or contract, delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state, or any self-funded employee benefit plan, to the extent not preempted by federal law, shall impose a deductible, coinsurance, or any other cost-sharing requirements for lung cancer screening, including screening performed with low-dose computed tomography, for an individual at least fifty years of age and not older than eighty years of age who has a twenty-pack-per-year smoking history and currently smokes or who has quit smoking within the past fifteen years. This section shall not apply if an individual (1) has not smoked for fifteen years, (2) develops a health problem that substantially limits life expectancy, or (3) is preparing to have curative lung surgery.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 44-7,120
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801